Obituaries
A private family service for Roger Lynn Saathoff of Blooming Prairie, formerly of Okabena, took place Aug. 24 in the chapel of Macken Funeral Home in Rochester. Roger passed away on Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, with his children by his side.
Roger was born April 8, 1940, in Heron Lake Township, to...
Kenneth (Ken) S. Prestegard, 68, of Owatonna, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at Homestead Hospice House. Ken was born Feb. 28, 1947, at the Owatonna Hospital to Ole Joe Prestegard and Helen E. (Moe) Prestegard.
Ken attended country School District 71 through the eighth grade, graduating from Owatonna...
Sylvester (Sal) L. Thompson, 96, of Austin, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Home.
Sylvester was born on Nov. 14, 1918, in Freeborn County to Andrew and Judith (Aldahl) Thompson. He attended country school and after the ninth grade, he began helping his mother care for his...
Evelyn M. Balzer, 95, of Blooming Prairie, died July 31, 2015, at the Prairie Manor Nursing Home in Blooming Prairie.
She was born June 24, 1920, in Steele County the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Jirele) Wurst.
Evelyn attended country school and Blooming Prairie School. She then worked a few years...
Roger Gene Anderson, 57, of Aurora Township, Minnesota, died Thursday, July 23, 2015, at his home.
Roger was born Feb. 10, 1958, in Owatonna, the son of Raymond and Emogene (Carlson) Anderson. Roger was a 1976 graduate of Owatonna High School. Roger was the fourth generation to farm on his family...
Doris May Halstenson, age 90, of Blooming Prairie, died Wednesday morning, July 22, 2015, at Prairie Manor Nursing Home in Blooming Prairie. She was born Sept. 29, 1924, in Owatonna to Edward Fitzgerald and Nina Mae (Annett) Gregor. Doris attended school in Owatonna, graduating from Owatonna High...
Myles Daniel Scott Stucky passed away in Blooming Prairie on July 18, 2015, at seven weeks and six days old. Myles was the son of Cory Stucky and Amy Solland. This precious little man was too eager to meet Mommy and Daddy being born five weeks premature. He loved to be snuggled close as well as...
Paul Jeffery Polen, husband of Janell Trom Polen, passed away May 15, 2015, at 12:30 p.m.
He was born March 28, 1942, in Steubenville, Ohio. Jeff was preceded in death by his parents James and Margaret Polen and son, Jeffery Norman Polen. He is survived by his wife Janell Trom Polen; his brother,...
Betty Darlene (Hansen) Fierro, age 61 of Las Vegas, Nevada, died Thursday, June 11, 2015, at Valley Regional Hospital where she had been since March 1, 2015. She had bravely fought pancreatic cancer for 6 ½ years. Betty was born in Blooming Prairie, the daughter of Carlo and Esther Ann (Ingvalson)...
Glenn William Naatz, 77 of rural Waltham died Sunday morning, June 28, 2015, at his farm home.
He was born July 12, 1937, on the family farm in Waltham Township, Mower County, the son of Edmund August and Magdalena Emma (Faber) Naatz. Glenn attended Trinity Lutheran Parochial School of Waltham...